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Political Communication
Krishan Siriwardhana
Role of communication in the political process ( )Kaid, 2014.
CommunicationPolitical
AristotleRhetoric and Politics
WalterLippmanPublic Opinion 1922
HaroldLasswellPropaganda Studies 1927
The creation of the Political Communication Division
within the International Communication Association 1973
Contemporary
Soukup, 2014 conducted a search on just 2 databases
(EBSCO Communication and Mass Media Complete)
(Political Science Complete)
It yielded almost 2500 entries from 2008-present
Scholarship Political Communication
Journals
Political Communication – 10 Communication Quarterly – 5Communication Studies – 5 Western Journal of Communication -5 Southern Journal of Communication – 5 Rhetoric and Public Affairs – 1
Topics New Media
We Are the Tea Party!: The Use of Facebook as an Online Political Forum for the Construction and Maintenance of in-
Group Identification during the “GOTV” Weekend.
Presidential rhetoricPresidential Rhetoric, Metaphor, and the Emergence of the
Democracy Promotion Industry.
Public deliberation“SafeGround Sacramento” and Rhetorics of Substantive
Citizenship.
Themes &(Morin & Flynn, 2014)
(Heidt,2013)
(Middleton, 2013)
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Gender Gender, Rhetoric, and International Political
Systems: Angela Merkel's Rhetorical Negotiation of Proportional Representation and Party
Politics.
Election campaignsFaith Turns Political on the 2012 Campaign
Trail: Mitt Romney, Franklin Graham, and the Stigma of Nontraditional Religions in American
Politics.
Framing Bumps and Tears on the Road to the
Presidency: Media Framing of Key Nonverbal Events in the 2008 Democratic Election.
Topics Themes &
(Sheelar & Anderson, 2014)
(Salek, 2014)
(Manusov & Harvey, 2011)
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forbes.com
mashable.com
dailymail.co philly.com
Third Party Candidates Nonverbal War Democracy Citizenship
Key
FreedomSocial MovementsMedia Environment News Consumption
IdeologyCampaign Advertising
Political News Reporting
Campaign Appeals
Terms
Theories
Social Identity Framework
Feminine style
Feminine Views in the Feminine Style: Convention
Speeches by Presidential Nominees' Spouses
(Vigil, 2014)
Ideographs
Materialistic rhetoric
Uses and gratifications
Metapragmatic discourse
Agenda setting theory
Third person effect
&Concepts
Theorists
George
Ervin
Kenneth
Michael
Lakoff-
Burke-
Goffman-
Calvin McGee-
Kohrs Campbell-Karlyn
Rhetorical – 12
Quantitative – 13
Experimental – (Pretest post-test)
Content Analysis
Qualitative –5
Content Analysis
Textual analysis
Mixed Method – 1
Methods
Discussion.
“Political speeches are often full of paradoxes and contradictions. ”
“This reminded me of how thankful I am that I am not in the public eye. The pressure to triple check all comments, examples, and references must be exhausting ”
“While reading this article, I kept thinking about the recent deployment of soldiers in the name of ISIS/L ”
A few ideas you had…
“I actually agree with the sentiment the authors are arguing, but I did not appreciate how they went about it”